Another ATX 4 pin connector question

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I have a newer Rosewill unit and the 4 pin connector has 1 each black, red,
yellow and orange wire and is not keyed. Just bought a used Epox 8RDA3+
mobo and the manual says the 4 pin connector has 2 each ground and 12v
lines. Has the ATX spec changed since this board came out (I think in 2003)
and am I SOL because of this?

Thanks.
 
Lee MacMillan said:
I have a newer Rosewill unit and the 4 pin connector has 1 each black, red,
yellow and orange wire and is not keyed. Just bought a used Epox 8RDA3+
mobo and the manual says the 4 pin connector has 2 each ground and 12v
lines. Has the ATX spec changed since this board came out (I think in 2003)
and am I SOL because of this?

Thanks.
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I see there's a 6 pin PCI Express connector with 3 black and 3 yellow (12v)
wires. Will that work?
 
I see there's a 6 pin PCI Express connector with 3 black and 3 yellow (12v)
wires. Will that work?
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My older Abit NF7-S has a four pin connector which is considered the P4
connector with 2 yellow, 2 black. This has something to do with powering
the CPU. I believe the connector on the powersupply the OP is talking
about is the extra 4 pins that go with a 24-pin power motherboard. I would
check the power supply to see if it also has the P4 motherboard connector.
If it doesn't he can buy an adapter that connects to the regular molex
connector. It looks like this:

http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=2890

Patty
 
Patty said:
My older Abit NF7-S has a four pin connector which is considered the P4
connector with 2 yellow, 2 black. This has something to do with powering
the CPU. I believe the connector on the powersupply the OP is talking
about is the extra 4 pins that go with a 24-pin power motherboard. I would
check the power supply to see if it also has the P4 motherboard connector.
If it doesn't he can buy an adapter that connects to the regular molex
connector. It looks like this:

http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?productID=2890

Patty
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I found it! There were so many connectors (PCI -X, SATA, etc) bundled
together I missed it the first time. Thanks.
 
I found it! There were so many connectors (PCI -X, SATA, etc) bundled
together I missed it the first time. Thanks.
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Great, I'm glad you found the right connector. I would have been surprised
if the power supply did not provide it.

Patty
 
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